CD‑18 voters say this March primary matters. After being redistricted and going more than a year without representation, many say they’re ready for steady leadership again. They’re energized, paying attention, and prepared to move forward with someone in place who can represent them.
Rep. Al Green casts vote as a candidate for the CD-18
Rep. Al Green casts his vote today as a candidate for Texas’ 18th Congressional District. After recent redistricting shifted district boundaries and placed his residence outside the TX‑09 lines he once represented, he’s now running under the new map.
Houston voters just filled a vacant seat. Now they’re voting again.
Rep. Christian Menefee of Texas, the newest member of Congress, started the job Monday – and now has just four weeks to convince Houston voters he already deserves reelection.
Who is running where in DFW on March 3
Early voting for the March 3 primaries begins Feb. 17.
Jasmine Crockett’s pastor, Frederick Haynes III, sees Congress as stage to pursue social justice
Meet the Dallas pastor running to replace Jasmine Crockett
Senate hopeful James Talarico announces anti-corruption agenda
State Rep. James Talarico (D-Austin) announced his US Senate campaign’s new anti-corruption agenda on Thursday morning, which includes implementing term limits for Supreme Court justices.
7 Texas organizations to support during National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month
National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month seeks to bring awareness to a very real problem. Here’s how Texans can make a difference.
Tejano icon Bobby Pulido says Trump ‘duped’ South Texas. Now he’s running for Congress
Bobby Pulido watched Trump raids hit his neighbors. Now the Tejano star wants to flip Texas’ 15th Congressional District blue by winning Monica de la Cruz’s seat in Congress.
Rep. Marc Veasey drops bid for Tarrant County judge
U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, announced Monday he is withdrawing from the race for Tarrant County judge, a week after his 11th-hour decision to run for the county executive post.
Jasmine Crockett launches campaign for US Senate seat in Texas
US Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Dallas), a progressive critic of the Trump administration, stepped into the US Senate race on Monday and upended the Democratic primary.
Democrat Colin Allred drops out of Senate race, announces run for 33rd Congressional District
Colin Allred is dropping out of the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and pivoting to run instead for the Dallas-based 33rd Congressional District.
A slate of new Texas laws go into effect December and January. Here’s what to watch.
Dozens of new Texas laws will take effect in December and January, bringing wide-ranging changes to the state’s education system, law enforcement, taxes and more.
Texas Tea: Three Democrats vs. the Republican aiming to become Texas’ longest-serving governor
So far, there’s three Democrats looking to defeat Greg Abbott and become the governor of Texas, but do they have what it takes? Here’s one Texan’s opinion.
Opinion: Change starts in the comments—Meet Ricky Longoria, author of ‘Texas Tea’
Welcome to Texas Tea, a monthly column by a 24-year-old political activist, Ricky Longoria. Ricky views what’s happening in Texas from a unique lens.
How the government shutdown could hurt thousands of Texans
The federal government shut down early Wednesday, meaning nearly 250,000 federal employees and members of the military in Texas won’t receive paychecks.
Greg Abbott brushes off NAACP lawsuit over new congressional map
Facing a second lawsuit over his new congressional map for Texas—labeled by critics as “racial gerrymandering”—Gov. Greg Abbott curtly dismissed the legal challenges.
New redistricting maps won’t impact US House special election in Houston
Voters in Houston’s 18th Congressional District head to the polls in November to pick a replacement for US Rep. Sylvester Turner, who died in March.
Rising Democratic star James Talarico announces run for US Senate in Texas
State Rep. James Talarico, a 36-year-old Presbyterian seminarian and former middle school teacher, announced Tuesday that he’s running for US Senate.
Op-Ed: Central Texas deserves better than Rep. John Carter
Our communities have changed. They’ve grown. They’re focused on the future. We deserve a representative who’s ready to grow with us.
Here’s how Fort Worth residents can weigh in on the future downtown library
The listening sessions come about two years after Fort Worth sold its decades-old downtown central library building, and one year after it purchased a nearby, 100-year-old building as a new location.
WATCH: Beto O’Rourke: Texans don’t bend the knee to Trump
Former US Rep. Beto O’Rourke rallied with hundreds of people in Fort Worth on Saturday against the GOP’s redistricting plan that would flip five congressional seats currently held by Democrats.
WATCH: Texas Republicans are trying to ‘cheat in the middle of the game’ with gerrymandering maps
US Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Fort Worth) spoke at Greater Saint Stephen First Church, which currently sits in the diverse congressional district he has represented since 2012, on the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.
Op-Ed: Redistricting bigotry is a tradition deep in the heart of Texas
Texas redistricting is a GOP power grab and an effort to blunt the political power of Black and brown Texans.
WATCH: Nicole Collier: ‘I don’t want my people to lose their voice in Congress’
Watch as state Rep. Nicole Collier (D-Fort Worth) shares what’s at stake for Texans, and democracy, if the GOP’s redistricting plan passes. It disenfranchises Black and brown voters and flips five US House seats currently held by Democrats to Republicans.
WATCH: Texas Republican leaders failed us, North Texas lawmaker says
Republican lawmakers have “lost track” of their job, according to state Rep. Nicole Collier (D-Fort Worth), after putting a vote on redistricting before a vote on flood relief and emergency preparedness legislation.
Jasmine Crockett: Republicans have ‘zero path to the White House’ without Texas
Texas Democrats are battling Republicans over a GOP redistricting plan that would flip five US House seats currently held by Democrats, and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Dallas) is urging Texans to fight back, organize, and vote.
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Texas Senate bans THC again, targets bathroom use by trans people
Although Texas House Democrats left the state to block a Republican redistricting bill, Republicans in the Texas Senate passed bills targeting trans people and THC.
Al Green fires back at Greg Abbott’s redistricting plan: ‘What is wrong with you?’
US Rep. Al Green said Gov. Greg Abbott ought to be “ashamed” for trying to redraw the state’s congressional districts and targeting his Houston-area seat.
Opponents of TX redistricting say proposed maps would hurt minorities
Opponents of proposed redrawn Congressional maps in Texas say the changes will hurt Latino, Black and Asian voters.
WATCH: Texas Senate Democrats blast ‘immoral, racist’ redistricting plan
After Democrats in the Texas Senate tried—and failed—to stop a vote approving a Republican bill redrawing the state’s congressional maps, state Sen. Borris Miles (D-Houston) delivered a fiery message to voters.
The Senate vote, though, is moot as Democrats blocked the bill in the state House. Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to call another special session to pass the measure.



